eyðni

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Etymology

From eyða (“to destroy”) +‎ -ni (“nominal suffix”), referring to the destruction of the immune system and chosen also as phono-semantic matching of English AIDS.

Pronunciation

Noun

eyðni f (genitive singular eyðni, no plural)

  1. acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS
    Synonym: alnæmi

Declension

Declension of eyðni (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative eyðni eyðnin
accusative eyðni eyðnina
dative eyðni eyðninni
genitive eyðni eyðninnar

References

  • Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎, Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43
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